How to Respond to a FinCEN 314(a) Information Request Without Violating Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Confidentiality Rules
A FinCEN 314(a) request must be answered within 14 days, and the request itself is confidential under the BSA’s safe-harbor framework. These queries are part of law enforcement’s rapid information-sharing process to locate accounts and transactions tied to suspected criminal activity. This article explains how to search, document, respond, and escalate a 314(a) request without […]